Admission Process

• Document and Interview Screening process for student selection
  • Online reception via Uwayapply and document submission as graduate team
  • Selection guidelines announced on school and department homepage(http://ccss.hanyang.ac.kr)
• Early application registrations : May, June
  Late application registrations : Oct, Dec

Orientation

• Subject :Freshman from home and abroad
• Implementation time
  • Early screening freshman : Late February
  • Late screening freshman : Late October
• Contents : Enrollment method, prerequisite and Required courses Comprehensive guidance on bachelor’s degree

Curriculum

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  Major field

  General Theory of News and Broadcasting
  and Majors in Related Fields
• 

  Educational Objectives

  Education and Development
  of Professionals in the Theory and
  Practice of News and Broadcasting
• 

  Required Subjects

  Master's and Ph.D. course, Master's
  and Doctor's Integrated cource : Communication Theory,
  Journalism Research Methodology
• 

  Prerequisite Subjects

  3 undergraduate courses including mass communication theory, understanding Human Communication etc.,

• Required completed credits for courses
• 

Instruction professor appointment

• With consultation with the principal professor of the affiliated department, guidance professor for 1st final thesis is appointed.
• The thesis advisor can be changed from 2nd term after consultation with the advisor professor.

Requirement for Degree completion guidance

• Ph.D. Course : At least one submission to a listed or listed candidate journal (including a SSCI-level journal) as first or communicating author.(does not have to be an exclusive author)
  If the co-author in listed or listed candidate journal (including a SSCI-level journal), the total sum has to be at least 100% (recognition ratio: 1st author:100%, 2nd author: 70%,
  3rd author: 50%, 4th author and over:30%) has to be published. the journal publication requirement has to be completed and checked by the head of the department,
  before degree claim application,
• Participation in academic presentations and discussion meetings in graduate schools that areseparate from regular classes. These include presentation of dissertations for degree
  claims, presentation of dissertations for degree claims, collocium etc,

Language test

• Implementation time : March, September 1-2 weeks (after start of class)
• Subjects : English or Korean (Students with English as their 1st language)
• Authorized Foreign Language test transcript may replace language tests
  • Authorized Foreign Language test transcipt : English(TOEIC, TOEFL, TEPS, G-TELP, IELTS, GRE, GMAT) / Korean(TOPIK)

Comprehensive Test

• Examination Qualification
  • Masters’ degree : 18 or more credit completed and prerequisite courses completed. Within 7years of admission
  • Ph.D. : Acquired graduation credit or possible to complete them within the semester. Within 9years after admission.
  • Masters and Ph.D. Integrated course : Register for at least 6 semesters and acquired graduation credits, or possible to complete them within the semester.
    Prerequisite courses have to be completed. within 9 years after admission.
• Test Implementation :April, October
• Test Subjects : Three Master’s Cources major subjects, Four Master’s Ph.D. integrated or Ph.D. major courses
• Subject Detail
  • Mater’s degree : Communication Theory, Media Studies Methodology, one major selective subject
  • Ph.D. and Master's and Ph.D. Integrated Course : Communication Theory, Media Studies Methodology, two Major Selective Subject
  • Major selection courses can be freely chosen among the subjects students have taken
• Test method
  • Test questions depends on the major of the department professor
  • Test method for major selection courses is determine by professor faculty meeting.
• passing Requirement
  • 60 points or more out of 100 for each subject.
  • Partial passing : Declared Partial passing if 2 out of 3 subjects for master’s and 3 out of 4 subjects for Ph.D. or master’s and Ph.D. integrated courses are passed.

Thesis Examination

• Protocol for Journal submission

  • Research plan input

    3rd semester of master’s
    and Ph.D course,
    5th semester of integrated
    master’s and Ph.D. Course

  • Journal submission

  • Thesis Review

  • Thesis submission

    Digital, printed

  • Degree Grant

• Paper Research Plan
  • Submission Qualification : 18 or more completed credits for master’s, 33 or more completed credit for Ph.D. and 51 or more completed credits for integrated master’s
    and Ph.D. program
  • Time of Submission : Beginning of 3rd semester of master’s program, Beginning of two semesters before planned graduation of doctoral program.
  • Submission Process : Each student has to submit research paper plan to the head of the graduate school and he has to collect and distribute to other professors 1 week before
    presentation.
  • Passing Requirement : All of the Master’s Judges has to agree, 4 or more Ph.D. degree Judges has to agree
  • For students who has failed more than two subjects, professor faculty meeting will be held to decide on acceptance of research paper plan submission
• Journal Submission Eligibility
  • Passing of language test, research paper plan and prerequisite subject completed
  • Master’s Dgree : Registration for 4 or more semesters and graduation credit completed or can be completed within the relevent semester